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Issue Date: October 2002

DaimlerChrysler benefits from PLM technology

1 October 2002

IBM and Dassault Systèmes recently announced that automotive giant DaimlerChrysler has started deployment of IBM Product Lifecycle Management solutions, notably CATIA V5 and CAA applications developed by Dassault Systèmes for vehicle interior design and vehicle packaging.
DaimlerChrysler has already reported efficiency and productivity gains for product conceptual design and packaging studies through its Knowledge Engineering initiatives and software technologies offered by IBM and Dassault Systèmes' Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions.
Using CATIA V5 Knowledgeware and Product Structure capability associated with ENOVIA V5 for Data Management, DaimlerChrysler's Technical Computer Center (TCC) is developing knowledge-driven applications for Interior, chassis, powertrain and body-in-white domains, and a set of new tools for quick conceptual design and packaging studies. TCC supports all Chrysler Group engineering activities using advanced computing technologies. Since 1996, TCC has led the Chrysler Group's major partnership with Dassault Systèmes. The companies have been instrumental in DaimlerChrysler's corporate Research and Technology's strategic Knowledge Engineering initiatives.
"The Knowledge Engineering approach gives us the opportunity to integrate highly efficient design, engineering and manufacturing technologies into the product creation process and the management of the product life cycle," explained Hugh Cumming, department manager of Knowledge Engineering, Modelling and Management of TCC, "With CATIA V5 knowledge infrastructure and parametric design functionality, KDCIS allows engineers to conduct quick design modification and validation, which leads to significant time and cost savings."
"We will continue to use CATIA V5 and ENOVIA V5 functionality to develop new tools for vehicle design and engineering work," added Dr Yun Lu, project lead of DaimlerChrysler's Knowledge Driven Concept Interior Systems (KDCIS) program.
The first PLM production use system at the Chrysler Group, KDCIS is a knowledge-driven design framework which integrates interior concept design, occupant safety analysis, vehicle packaging and ergonomic studies, as well as design and engineering rules and guidelines into early design and engineering stages. Vehicle packages, including design concept and packaging studies, are automatically updated with design changes, such as the changes in occupant location or floor plan definition.
For more information contact Geoff Bosman, Maxtec Peripherals, 011 803 6635, geoff@maxtec-group.com


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